Lipstick



Jan. 13, 1942. D. F. BAIRD 2,269,750

LIPSTICK Filed March 21, 1940 4 TTDRNE Patented Jan. 13, 1942 nouns r.Baird, Portland, om.

Application March 21, 1940, Serial No. 325,093

1 Claim.

This invention relates to improvements in lipsticks, and moreparticularly to means for illuminating the same and the face-of the userso that the lipstick may be useful in the dark. One of the principalobjects of the invention is the provision of illumination for the entireface, and more brilliant illumination particularly for the lips of theuser.

A further object is the provision'of switchactuating means which willprevent unintentional burning of the illuminating means when the stickis not in use and is carried or moved about in the handbag or carryingcase of the user.

A further object is the provision of means for illuminating an areabelow the base of the lip stick proper and the projection of lightaround and beyond the lipstick.

A further object is the provision of a lipstick of this character whichis of simple, eihcient, durable, inexpensive and lightweightconstruction.

These and other objects will appear as my invention is more fullyhereinafter described in the following specification, illustrated in theaccompanying drawing, and finally pointed out in the appended claim.

- In the drawing:

Figure 1 is a view of the invention illustrating one of its uses Figure2 is aside elevation of the invention 11- lustrating the means forpreventing accidental or unintentional operation of the switching means.

Figure 3 is a view similar to Figure 2 with parts removed and brokenaway for convenience of illustration.

Figure 4 is a top plan view of Figure 5.

Figure 5 is a sectional view taken on the line 5-5 of Figure 4.

Figure 6 is a top plan view of a modified form of the invention.

Figure '7 is a sectional view taken on the line 'l'l of Figure 6.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing:

The main body I of the invention is of hollow cylindrical form, and madeof any suitable opaque material, closed at one of its ends andinternally threaded, as at 2, at its opposite or open end. The source ofelectricity, such as a dry battery, 3 is disposed within the housing I.A lamp 6 is yieldingly' supported above the battery 3 by a spiral spring5 whose one end engages the base 3 of the lamp and whose opposite endcontacts the negative side I of the battery 3. The contact 8 at the endof the base 8 is normally held apart from the positivecontact 8 ofv thebattery by the spring 5.

A closure ill of translucent material is provided for the open end ofthe housing. The lower' portion of the closure I8 is shouldered, as atH, to provide a reduced portion which is externally threaded,- as at l2,for engagement with the internally threaded portion 2 of the housing Iso that, as the closure is advanced on its threads, the lamp 4 will becaused to glow when its contact 8 is moved against the contact 8 of thebattery. The bulb portion of the lamp 4 is always in contact with theend wall of the closure l8, as shown, so that the lamp may be forceddownwardly or allowed to move upwardly by advancing or retarding the capon its threads.

To prevent accidental or unintentional closing of the circuit betweenthe battery and the lamp, I form cooperating shouldered portions I3 andI4 on the abutting ends of the housing and closure, respectively. Theclosure may be freely advanced on its threads toward the housing in theusual manner until the shoulder portions l8 and I4 come into frictionalcontact with each other, which will resist further rotation of theclosure with respect to the housing. Then, further and more forcefulturning of the closure is required to disengage the shoulders I3 and Hto allow the closure to finally move into circuitclosing position.

The upper end of the closure is provided with a hollow cylindricalprojection l5, slotted'as at l6, and slidably embraces the lipstick i1carried by the base l8 which is slidably mounted within the projection15. A lug i9 is formed integral with the base I8 and is slidablyembraced by the slot l6 for convenience in projecting and retracting thelipstick with respect to the cylindrical projection. In the preferredform of the invention, illustrated in Figure 3, the closure, as well asthe extension l5, are made of translucent material, anda cap 20 ofopaque material is provided to fit over the projection l5 and to bearagainst the topwall of the closure in. When the cap is in place thelight is allowed to project only out through the side walls of theclosure.

Thus, the device is useful as a portable light the closure may be formedwith cutout portions 2|, or these portions may be made of clear ortransparent material so that the light will be. projected upwardly incylindrical shape around the lipstick and direct a bright clear light inadvance of the lipstick.

In the further modified form illustrated in Figures 6 and 'I the closure22, its end wall, the cylindrical projection 23 and its inwardlyentending ribs 23A for slidably supporting the lipstick, are madeentirely of translucent material, but the projection 13 is of greaterinside diameter than the outside diameter of the lipstick 24 and itsbase 25 to provide spaces 28 around the lipstick so that the lightfromthe bulb 21 may be projected upwardly around th lipstick, andforwardly in advance thereof. In this form of the invention theprojection 28 is slotted, as at 2., to siidably embrace a projection 28on the base of the lipstickto provide convenient means for projectingand retracting the lipstick.

While I have shown a particular form of embodiment of my invention I amaware that many housing and adapted upon rotation to energize the lamp,a cylindrical projection formed on minor changes therein will readilysuggest themselves to others skilled in the art without cie parting fromthe spirit and scope of the invention. Having thus described theinvention, what I claim as new and desire to protect by letters Patentis:

An illuminated lipstick comprising, a housing, a source 01 electricityand a lamp disposed within the housing, a closure of translucentmaterial rotatably mounted on the end of the I the closure and havinginwardly projecting ribs to slidably embrace a lipstick, the lipstickbeing of lesser diameter than the inside diameter of the cylindricalprojection to provide spaces around the lipstick through which the lightfrom the lamp may be projected, and said cylindrical projection beingslotted to receive a projection formed on the lipstick for extending andretracting the same with respect to the cylindrical projection.

DONALD F. BAIRD.

